THE CAPITAL OF LAOS - VIENTIANE! On Sun 22 Nov 2009 at 10am we arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos! More like a small, quaint, rambling, Lake District village than a capital city. Vientiane was not what we expected at all! It was absolutely gorgeous! A promenade along the Mekong river at one side, with three parallel beautifully landscaped streets lined with trees, shrubs and only single or two storey buildings. From the second we walked off the plane, the Laos people we passed were all smiling and friendly, they could not have been more helpful and I knew that this was going to be our favourite country so far! Ok, so it wasn't a massive sprawling cosmopolitan city but I think that is what appealed about it so much! It was just beautiful!
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